Composite laminated structure



Mar. 13, 1923.

H. N. ATWOOD ET AL COMPOSI TE LAMINATED STRUCTURE 2 sheets sheet 1 Filed Dec. 24, 1920 fgwuewtou Wood, 716,

Mar. 13,1923. 1,448,180-

H. N. ATWOOD ET AL COMPOSITE LAMINATED STRUCTURE Filed Dec. 24, 1920 2 sheets-sheet 2 avwowtozd rzu, W

against atmospheric HARRY N. ATWOOD AND GEORGE 1B. BAINS,

ASSIGNORS, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO RUBWOOD, 'IN'G, OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

1,448,180 oFFl-cE.

31), 015 READING, PENNSYLVANTA,

comrosrrn LAMINATED s ranc'roan.

Application filed December 24, 1920. Serial No. 432,937.

To all whom it may concern.

' Be it known that we, HARRY N. Arwoon and Gnoncn B. BAINs, 3d, citizens of the United "States, residing at Reading, in the 5 county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania,

1 hesives or cementsof a water-proof nature so as to insure against separation of the plies thus united. However this previously employed method does not result in a product which as a unit is water-proof or proof moisture. Furthermore the product thus obtained is not proof against loss of the natural moisture-content and other volatile content of the component wood parts thereof, so that as a result, the product is liable to deterioration either through the effects of atmospheric or of sensible moisture, or under contrary conditions is subject to loss of its valuable original properties through evaporation or the driving off of its natural moisture content or its other volatile contents. Therefore the primary object of the present invention is to provide a composite laminated,

structure which will not be subject to the deteriorating effects of atmospheric or sensible moisture and which will be proof against the loss of its valuable inherent properties resulting from the presence of a natural moisture content and a natural content of other volatile matters. Therefore the present invention contemplates a composite laminated structure embodying veneer plies or wood slabs and which structure will be durable and retain for an indefinite period of time its valuable properties of strength, integrity, and so forth.

Another object of the invention is to' provide a composite laminated structure'which may be put to many uses and employed in the building up of many different structures, articles, or devices, and be capable of .withstandin shocks, and impacts, and in act all forces of any character tending to disrupt or dewhich will vibrations,

stroy the same, wood or other media of such a character as to more or less elastically bond together the said plies so that the structure as a unit will be capable of absorbing any kinetic forces, such as shocks, vibrations, impacts and the like.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel medium for bonding together wood or other fibrous plies in the production of a composite laminatedstructure of the class to which the invention relates, the bonding medium serving also as a reinforcement for the wood or other fibrous plies to effectually prevent disrup-' tion thereof.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a composite laminated structure possessing characteristics adapting it to the structure comprising] fibrous plies, and bonding be shaped to various contours and'thus be build up into various forms in a manner which woul be impracticable inthe use of the ordina composite heretofore, employed. y

In the accompanying drawings. Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the structure embodying'fthe invention,

partsbeing broken away and'partsbeing shown in section;

Figure 2 is a detailsectional view through Figure 3 is a similar vieW through anii,

one form of the structure;

other-form of the structure;

gure 4 is a sectional perspective i lllustrating the manner in whi h the poslte material may be empl di g structing a vehicle wheel.

The product forming the subject matter of this application is produced bythe pro'c} veneer structures ess set forth in our patent issued Jani' 10,

1922, 1,403,143, nd the saidproduv mprises a plurality of plies l which ar of fibrous 'material,, such for example as wood, these plles being either in the. nature Y -of veneer, produced by slicing rotafy Any glven plece of material, produce dfinlf accordance with themethod above referred to and falling within this invention,may

comprise any desired number .of' the I plies l depending upon the'use toflwhi'ch the m'a} be put, the} final. thicknes'sof p the product, and the thickness" of the inditerial is I to parallel. Thus in Figure 1 of the drawings the grain in two of the plies illustrated extends at right angles, and while this relative disposition is a preferable one, it Will be understood that the grain in adjacent pliesmay extend at various other relative angles within the 'spirit of the invention.

In building up the structure the plies 1 are alternated with bonding plies which are indicated in general by the numeral 2. Each of these bonding plies 2 comprises a sheet 3 of s me foraminous material suitable for the purpose such for example as wire mesh, and this foraminous sheet is embedded in a sheet 4 of rubber or a composition of rubber and other materials. The bonding plies.2 may be built up in 'any suitable manner but preferably by the method set forth in our copend1ng application, and this consists in applying to the sheet 3 a coating of rubber or a composition of rubher and other materials, and then passing the prepared sheet between calendering rolls or otherwiseltreating the same so as to cause the coating to fill the meshes of the sheet and embed the sheet in the coating.

'lPnor to assemblage of the plies 1 with Y the bonding plies 2, the said plies 1 are dipped, immersed or otherwise treated with a fluid substance which is a solvent of rubber, and after all of the plies 1 and 2 have been assembled,- the entire assemblage is subjected to heat? and pressure so that the solvent which has impregnated the plies 1, will take up a quantity of the rubber from the bonding plies 2 and carry the same into the pores of the said plies 1, thus effecting an intimate bonding betweenthe said plies -1 and 2 as distinguished from a mere superficial adhesion of these plies.

Preferably the plies 2 are so arranged that the strands comprising the sheet 3 will extend nonparallel to the grain in adjacent plies 1,

1 o the drawings.

as for example diagonally at an angle of fort -fiv e degrees -as-.--illustrated. in *Figure As previously pointed out the plies 1 and 2 are alternated, and if it is desired to produce a structure with a water-proof rubber finish, the plies will be so arranged that two of the lies 2 will be presented at the oposite gees of the assemblage, as Sl10Wn1Il igures 1 2 and t of the drawings. If,

product shall have a wood finish, the plies are so arranged that two of the plies 1 will be presented at the opposite faces of the finishedproduct, as shown in Figure 3.

The composite laminated structure above describedmav be bu lt up no various shapes and fies and in pieces of various dimensions, audit may a worlred in various ways" in employing it in the construttion of various articles or devices. Figure l of'the drawings for example illustrates a plece of the material cut to circular form and comprising the body 5 of a vehicle wheel,

the folly band 6 being applied to the periphery of the bod 5 for the application and seating of a emountable rim in the same manner as where this felly band is carried by the ordinary wood telly. Of course Figure 4 is illustrative of only one of many diilerent uses to which the composite laminated structure embodying the invention may be put. lhe structure is water-proof and has its plies so arranged that it is proof againstwarping and against the separation of its plies, and it may be worked with practically the same facility as ordinary wood. Also inasmuch as the plies 1 are impregnated with a rubber solvent, and in the manufacture of the product the solvent carries'into the pores of the wood plies 1 a greater or less quantity of rubber constituent of the bonding plies 2, any

natural moisture content in the plies 1 is effectually retained. and the plies are there-' fore prevented from drying out and de-' teriorating. 0n the other hand the presence of the impregnating material in-the plies 1 insures against the absorption of sensible moisture by these plies so that they are likewise prevented from deterioration from this source.

Having thus described the invention,

what is claimed as new is:

1. A. composite laminated structure comrising a ply of fibrous te'jrial, and at ondlng 'ply comprising a shebt of foraminous material and a rubber filling, the said bonding ply being vulcanized to the fibrous 2: A composite laminated structure com-- ltlll prising plies of fibrous material arranged with mentioned plies an foraminous material having its strands ex: tending in non-parallel relation tothe in of the first-mentioned plies.

3. A composite laminated structure comprising plies of fibrous material impregnated their grain extending in non-paral-fl lelism, and a bondin ply uniting the first- 1 meluding a sheet of with a rubber solvent, and a bonding ply comprising a sheet of toraminous. material embedded in rubber and vulcanized to the p the. GEQIRGJE 1B3. BAJINS, 3n. [Ia a] 

